1 Kings 18:3

18:3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. 1 

Romans 13:7

13:7 Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Romans 13:1

Submission to Civil Government

13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, 2  and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Romans 2:17-18

The Condemnation of the Jew

2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law 3  and boast of your relationship to God 4  2:18 and know his will 5  and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law, 6 

1 tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

2 tn Grk “by God.”

3 sn The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

4 tn Grk “boast in God.” This may be an allusion to Jer 9:24.

5 tn Grk “the will.”

6 tn Grk “because of being instructed out of the law.”